The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-02-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.



postponed Various committees reported
| among the reports being That of tie COMMITTEES
on Temperance, who reported the metropolitan
| Police bill with some few small changes bu
leaving the bill practically Us il was first intro
duced. The resolution instructing the commit
tee TO find out how much profits there were Il
the State Printer received on the slSS.S.9. re
ceived by him for printing was adopted. Thi:
| resolution provides fer the searching OF ths
! scale OF wages paid employees, the purchase o
] stock. etc Mr.. WiIlhoites resolution wa:
adopted asking Congress to pension all soldier:
and sailors over iifty1ivc years old, and all who
! are dependent upon their own labor. Mr.. Veale's
| Oklahoma Territory concurrent resolution, ask
Congress TO organize the debated lands, was
adopted. Adjourned.
AMONG the bills introduced in the Senate
on the 9Th were two bills amending the Pro
| hibition law. One OF these was by Senator
| Bawden and imposes heavy penalties upon
druggists who fail te comply with the strict let
| ter of the law. The following concurrent rcso
| buttons passed: Relating to land grants: in re-
/ gard to right of way for the St. Louis, Baxter
| Springs !, Mexican railway. a Kansas corpora
| ton: for joint committee for the corsidera-
| ton Of silk culture: for JOINT committee TO
meet with the Governor and State House Com
| missioners TO examine plans for main capi-
! tol building. Adjourned In the House Mr..
| Adj lire introduced a bill abolishng tie free
pass system 10 members and officers OF
! the Legislature. Mr.. Simpson, Of hcPher-
/ SON introduced three railroad bills. They
refer to restricting bond voting in aid of
( railroads. Mr.. ROetZen introduced bill re-
| qUirirg railroads to place bulletin board in
| the waiting room of every station giving the
| arrival and departure of trains and noting on
the board az each telegraph station if trains are
late and the estimated delay. The bill giving
to the Governor the appointment of Railroad
Commissioners failed TO pass upon third read
ing. not having received the constitutional
majority. The bill amending the act regulating
! common schools passed. Adjourned.
PETITIONS fer municipal suffrage for
women were presented in the Senate on the
25tn. A bill was introduced by the Ways and
Means Committee repeating the laws relating to
the State Board of Health and providing for a
State and local board. a bill was introduced
making il unlawful Or any mining or manufac-
turing establishment to pay employees in any
other manner than by lawful money A bill
was also introduced making the use OF intoxi-
eating liquors of any kind at the polls misde
meanor. Adjourned. In the House petitions
were presented and bills introduced, the more
important of the latter being: An act relating to
the shipment Of livestock grain, etc; relating
TO the organization, government and compensa-
ton of the militia; amending the act for the
regulation and support of common schools. The
special 10 Inquire INTO lHc STATUS
of Wallace County reported that the county
OF Wallace had never been and is not now legally
organized. Consideration was extended into
the afternoon session, during which Mr.. Carroll
offered substitute that Mr. Shatterly be ad-
mitted a delegate from Wallace County
without the right to vote: this courtesy not to
admit of legislative recognition OF the county's
organization. The substitute was adopted. 4
motion to reconsider the vote Of Monday by
which the bill regarding the appointment OF
Railroad Commissioners was lost was adopted
by 63 to 43. The bill was again Dut upon its
passage out failed 20 receive enough votes and a
call of the House was demanded. At a late hour
the roll-call showed Just a constitutional ma
jOrity. and the bill was declared passed. The
bill gives the appointment 20 the Governor in
stead of the Executive Council. Adjourned.
II the Senate on the 26th among the bills
introduced was one creating State Board of
Horticulture and several other bills Of but little
general interest. The bill TO constitute nine
hours a days work was debated at some length
but no final action reached. In the House
petitions came in as usual, and several bills,
mostly of a local character, were introduced.
Bills were considered in Committee of the
Whole. The bill TO prevent election frauds,
which provides that all ballots shall contain the
names Of the regular nominees of the several
parties caused considerable discussion. but no
action was reached Recess. The House, in
Committee of the Whole, resumed consideration
Of bills in the afternoon, and when the commit
tee rose, adjourned.
II the Senate on the 9th the bill grant
ing municipal suffrage to women was debated
at length in Committee of the Whole and finally
recommended for passage. Several appropria-
ton bills were introduced. Among the bills
passed was an act 70 secure laborcrs engaged in
and about coal mines and manufactures the
payment of their wages mt regular intervals and
in lawful money of the United States. Also the
bill to protect miners by requiring companies
operating mines TO provide uniform signals IN
mines using steam-hoisting machinery. -. In the
House among the bills introduced was one by
the Labor Committee making it unlawful for
mine owners to screen coal, mined by the
buShel or ton, before the same is weighed and
credited up TO the miner. and requiring the
weigher to subscribe to an oath to DO justice to
both employer ard employed. The concurrent
resolution for n joint committee for examining
the State printing establishment was adopted
The bill to prevent frauds at elections passed.
This bill prohibits the printing of the name of
upon a ballot unless it is the regular
nominee of his party. In the afternoon the
House, in Committee OF the Whole, considered
bills on the calendar. Adjourned
II tie Senate on the 2Sth but little was
done except discussing the Woman Municipal
Suffrage bill, which was finally passed by vote
of p to 13. In executive session the Senate con-
frmed the nomination of Senator Kirk to be
member of the State Board of Charities Ad-
journed until Monday at seven p. H.. In the
House Mr.. Carroll. of LeavenwOrth, asked that
the Judiciary Committee be instructed to re-
port on his resolution to strike the word white
out OF the constitution. Two more days were
granted the committee to make report. a
large number OF bills were introduced and COM
nittees reported. Among the bills passed were:
Requiring owners of hedges along highways to
keep the same trimmed; to amend the act con-
corning mortgages; to prevent fire insurance
from removing suits from the State
to Federal Courts; to enable owners Of real es-
tate TO maintain action to quiet title; exempt
ing the property Of Grand Army posts and aux
liaries from taxation, and a number OF local
bills. The House then, in Committee of the
Whole. considered bills on the calendar, and
when the committee rose adjourned.